- ABA president says Trump order could politicize the process of hiring administrative law judges http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_president_says_trump_order_could_politicize_the_process_of_hiring_admin/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds 3 comments politics
- Supreme Court rules lawyers cannot defy their clients’ wishes to argue for their innocence http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/supreme_court_clients_wishes_innocence/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds 56 comments politics
- Should SCOTUS arguments be livestreamed? http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/should_scotus_arguments_be_livestreamed/?utm_source=feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site_rss_feeds 11 comments politics
- Critics ask why Dowd and Cobb have failed to assemble a 'battalion of lawyers' for the president http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/critics_question_why_dowd_and_cobb_have_failed_to_assemble_a_battalion_of_l 19 comments politics
- Nonreligious anti-abortion groups have to comply with ACA's contraceptive mandate, 3rd Circuit rules http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nonreligious_anti_abortion_groups_have_to_comply_with_contraceptive_mandate 6 comments law
- Federal judge steps down and denounces mandatory minimum sentences http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_judge_steps_down_and_denounces_mandatory_minimum_sentences 66 comments law
- "Jessica's Law" http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/courts_are_reconsidering_residency_restrictions_for_sex_offenders 10 comments law
- Alabama’s new governor, Kay Ivey, signed a bill on Tuesday that eliminates the ability of judges to override juries’ recommendations in capital cases. The law eliminates judicial override but allows juries to recommend the death penalty by a 10-2 vote http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/alabamas_new_governor_signs_bill_ending_judicial_override_in_capital_cases 6 comments law
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that patent holders may not use the doctrine of laches—that is, may not argue that defendants slept too long on their rights—as a defense to lawsuits filed within the Patent Act’s six-year statute of limitations http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_rules_patent_holders_may_not_bar_otherwise_timely_lawsuits_wi 5 comments law
- Judge who caused 'national spectacle' by challenging public defender to fistfight loses his job http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_who_challenged_public_defender_to_fistfight_is_removed_from_bench_by 3 comments law
- Judge who caused 'national spectacle' by challenging public defender to fistfight loses his job http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_who_challenged_public_defender_to_fistfight_is_removed_from_bench_by/ 30 comments law
- Couple's suit says Apple should pay for increased usage cost from Wi-Fi Assist feature http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/couples_suit_says_apple_should_pay_for_increased_data_cost_due_to_unexplain 75 comments apple
- Meet the California public defender who is 'shaking the Orange County legal system to its bedrock' http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/meet_the_california_public_defender_who_is_shaking_the_orange_county_legal 8 comments law
- Former exec 'Fruitcake' gets 10 years in $16M money-launder case; his wife 'Cupcake' gets probation http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former_exec_fruitcake_gets_10_years_in_16m_money_launder_case_his_wife_cupc 4 comments nottheonion
- Georgia sues Carl Malamud group, calls publishing state's annotated code of laws online unlawful http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/State_of_Georgia_sues_Carl_Malamud_says_he_published_its_annotated_code_of 15 comments law
- Judge orders 'brainwashed' kids to live in juvenile facility for refusing to interact with their dad. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_orders_brainwashed_kids_to_live_in_juvenile_facility_for_refusing_ord/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email&job_id=150709BE#B 33 comments law
- Top state court nixes $2.5M personal injury suit because filing fee was $2 short http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/top_state_court_nixes_2.5m_personal_injury_suit_because_filing_fee_was_2_sh 5 comments law
- Posner ruling tosses Social Security judges' grievance claim, compares them to assembly-line workers http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/posner_ruling_tosses_social_security_judges_grievance_claim_compares_them 3 comments law
- NBA union's new leader called 'relentless, brilliant' http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/on_the_ball_nba_unions_new_leader_called_relentless_brilliant 7 comments nba
- Dozens of lawyers have missed habeas deadlines, resulting in just one sanction http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dozens_of_lawyers_have_missed_habeas_deadlines_but_only_one_has_been_sancti 7 comments law
- Woman is in hot water over spilled-coffee claim against McDonald's http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/womans_hot_coffee_claim_against_mcdonalds 38 comments law
- Fisherman convicted of violating Sarbanes-Oxley will be heard by the Supreme Court http://www.abajournal.com/mobile/mag_article/the_sashimi_provision/ 10 comments law
- Judge says BigLaw firm tried to 'litigate plaintiff to death' http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_says_biglaw_firm_tried_to_litigate_plaintiff_to_death/ 27 comments law
- Mistaken ‘reply all’ email leads to suspension without pay for prosecutor http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/mistaken_reply_all_email_leads_to_suspension_without_pay_for_prosecutor/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email 8 comments law
- Judge OK'd warrant to search public defender’s office over evidence dispute in theft case http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_okd_warrant_to_search_public_defenders_office_over_evidence_dispute_i/ 21 comments law
- The ABA Journal Asks | What are the worst Supreme Court decisions ever? http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_are_the_worst_scotus_decisions_ever/ 32 comments law
- Posner cites in-chambers donning and doffing experiment; dissenter is 'startled, to say the least' http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/posner_cites_in-chambers_donning_and_doffing_experiment_dissenter_is_startl/ 13 comments law
- NSA tells ABA it is 'firmly committed' to rule of law and 'bedrock' attorney-client privilege http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/NSA_tells_ABA_firmly_committed_to_rule_of_law_attorney_client_privilege/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email 12 comments law
- Homeless man caught in law firm said he had been sneaking in since October, would use kitchen and internet. http://www.abajournal.com/ipad/comments/homeless_man_caught_in_law_firm_said_he_had_been_sneaking_in_since_october/#comments 3 comments law
- Practice tip: Don't interrupt Judge Posner during your appellate argument. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/Posner_tells_BigLaw_chief_stop_babbling_threatens_to_end_7th_Circuit_arg 33 comments law
- The Man Who Received Three Enemas After a Traffic Stop to Get $1.6 Million Dollar Settlement http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/man_to_get_1.6m_for_humiliating_3-enema_hospital_colonoscopy_ordeal_after/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email 75 comments law
- Legal industry loses jobs for second month in a row http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legal_industry_loses_jobs_for_second_month_in_a_row/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=ABA+Journal+Top+Stories 5 comments law
- Did the 2nd Circuit wrongly interpret a comma? Expert takes aim at 'arbitrary principle' http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/did_the_2nd_circuit_wrongly_interpret_a_comma_expert_takes_aim_at_arbitrary/ 3 comments law
- DC lawyer pursues suit to unmask authors who changed her Wikipedia page http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dc_lawyer_pursues_suit_to_unmask_authors_who_changed_her_wikipedia_page/ 7 comments law
- Nobel-winning law prof who wrote most-cited law review article dies at 102 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nobel-winning_law_prof_who_wrote_most_cited_law_review_article_dies_at_102/ 11 comments law
- 7th Circuit says lawyer failed retarded client by not seeking unfitness finding, OKs habeas grant - ABA Journal http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/7th_circuit_says_lawyer_failed_retarded_client_by_not_seeking_unfitness_fin/ 9 comments law
- Associate Attorney is ranked the #1 as the Unhappiest Job in the United States. Can't wait to start in November! http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/why_a_career_website_deems_associate_attorney_the_unhappiest_job_in_america/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email 45 comments law
- Video captures courtroom attack of woman seeking protection order [video in the linked in the article] http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/woman_attacked_after_judge_leaves_her_in_courtroom_with_her_ex/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email 5 comments law
- Appellate Court Judge attaches appropriate photo to his judgment to portray lawyers who ignore precedent. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/posner_opinion_includes_ostrich_photo_to_portray_lawyers_who_ignore_precede/ 4 comments law
- First Thing Lawyer Tells New Clients: Shut Down Facebook Account http://www.abajournal.com/weekly/article/first_thing_lawyer_tells_new_clients_shut_down_facebook_account 12 comments law